The In-Laws (and their opinions) have landed.

dahansen85

DH's grandparents are visiting and yesterday they dropped off a buttload of presents from them and various out of town family.  Grandma was holding the baby and fretting the entire time about a million different things. 

Things she said:

I certainly hope you are drinking any alcohol.

How is she on the breast?

She seems very gassy, I hope you are watching what you are eating.

Oh, her diaper is full of poop.

She's a little jaundiced, (no, she isn't) don't they put babies under the lights anymore? 

To LO: Oooh, mommy ate the wrong thing and now you are suffering. (after me confessing I ate a bean burrito yesterday)

I hope you are taking your vitamins.

Now, she is really the sweetest lady, and has always reminded me of Betty White. This is the first time I have ever experienced this side of her and I'm not gonna lie, it was a little traumatizing.  

 

fluffybuns

Sounds like fun!!!

Good luck to you!haha

I would say smart a$$ things in response to all of those things, like a beer helps the baby sleep better!haha 

mzsparklepdx

Oh geez.  People just say the damndest things.

I think after the alcohol comment, I would have said something like "Well, I didn't really want to until you arrived."  Or at least thought it in my head  

Stephcara

oh no......,my in laws live 30 minutes away and love to pop in, i hate it.
i got an email from mil today...I havent gotten any pictures lately. hope I dont forget what he looks like. 

i told her to ask her son for pics, my camera is broken.  Its just her annoying roudabout ways of asking. yes, I'm cranky today, LOL.

 

mzsparklepdx

MrsSparklebottom:

When my grandma side-eyed me for having a glass of wine at Christmas (while pregnant with DS) I told her that DH and I were so smart that we worried that LO would be so much smarter than all of the other kids, and we were trying to even the playing field.

I don't think she thought it was very funny. 

She might not think it was funny, but it made me chuckle!

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UGH.  I feel your pain. 

As soon as FIL came in the door he said "Oh! Get that pacifier out of your mouth" to LO.  Then later "Do you think she'll have an outie belly button?" while gimacing - at this point her cord hadn't even fallen off!